Houses are abandoned in the UK, ghost cities pop up across China, schools in South Korea are shuttered while vacant properties in Germany are plowed under, replaced by open fields. It sounds apocalyptic but it is taking place today as population growth reverses for the first time in recorded history.
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Is the United States of America on the verge of collapse? Here’s how to prepare for the inevitable decline of a nation.
Backcountry guide dies after being attacked by grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park.
40-year-old Charles Mock was fishing alone at a campground about 3 miles north of West Yellowstone Park last week when he was attacked by a grizzly bear. Mock had bear spray on him but it’s unclear if he was able to deploy it during the attack.
How to identify Black Bear tracks and signs.
Black bears are highly dexterous, being capable of opening screw-top jars and manipulating door latches. They are very strong with recorded cases of a black bear turning over 300 pound rocks with a single foreleg. They can run up to 25-30 mph, have excellent eyesight, and a sense of smell about seven times greater than…
How to track a person in the wilderness – and avoid being tracked by a human being yourself.
Stop ending your rope with a knot. Here’s how to create fancy but functional endpoints (plaits) for ropes.
Treating broken bone fractures in a survival situation (with little or no medical devices available).
There are basically two types of bone fractures: open and closed. With an open (or compound) fracture, the bone protrudes through the skin and complicates the actual fracture with an open wound. You should splint the injured area and continually monitor blood flow past the injury and only reposition the break if there is no…